Celebrants

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My God its good to see you That first line from Nickel Creeks seventh album Celebrants likely prophesies the warm response awaiting the Americana-bluegrass groups first all-new release in nine years. While the Grammy-winning trio of singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalists Sara Watkins (fiddle), Sean Watkins (guitar), and Chris Thile (mandolin) had sporadically collaborated since 2014s A Dotted Line, a 2020 interview pegged to the twentieth anniversary of Nickel Creeks debut album ignited a spark. It was fun to have a reason to wax nostalgic about some stuff that wed done, says Thile. And then when we got together, it was just so clear, Oh, yeah, weve got some new music to make. They certainly did. The long layoff yielded a bounty of 18 interconnected songs written collectively during a creative retreat in Santa Barbara in early 2021.